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Thursday, July 14, 2011

BMW Z4 REVIEW

The BMW Z4 is a rear-wheel drive sports car by the German car maker BMW. It follows a line of past BMW roadsters such as the BMW Z1, BMW 507, BMW Z8, and the BMW Z3. The Z4 replaces the Z3. First generation production started in 2002 at BMW's Greer, South Carolina plant, with production of both roadster and coupe forms. When debuted, it won Automobile Magazine "Design of the Year Award". Starting with the 2009 model year, the second-generation Z4 is built at BMW's Regensburg, Germany plant as a retractable hardtop roadster. In 2009, the BMW Z4 won the Red Dot Design Award.

BMW Z4

Monday, June 20, 2011

BMW to Debut New 2012 M5 Saloon at The Goodwood Festival of Speed

The all-new 2012 BMW M5 sports sedan will be making its first public appearance at The Goodwood Festival of Speed, which takes place in the UK between July 1 and 3, the German automaker announced today.

The most powerful production version of the M5 series to date comes with a high-revving 4.4-liter turbocharged V8 pumping out 560hp from 5,750-7,000rpm and 680Nm [501.5 lb-ft] of torque from 1,500rpm. It goes on sale this fall.

BMW Z4

BMW Z4

The heart of the BMW Z4 sDrive28i Roadster is BMW’s new TwinPower Turbo 2.0L inline 4-cylinder, producing 240 horsepower at 3,500 rpm and 260lb-ft of torque at just 1,250 rpm. This is a decrease of 15 horsepower compared to the naturally aspirated 3.0L inline six offered in the sDrive30i but the 4-cylinder option reaches its peak power at a lower engine rpm, along with offering 40 more lf-ft of torque than the 3.0L inline 6.

Thanks to the use of BMW’s Valvetronic intake management, direct injection and a high tech twin-scroll turbocharger, this 2.0L turbocharged engine is expected to yield fuel economy numbers 20% better than the inline 6 from the sDrive30i. BMW doesn’t offer exact figures, but with some 4th grade math, we can expect the fuel economy of the Z4 sDrive28i Roadster to be in the area of 22mpg around town and 34 on the open road when coupled with their new 8-speed automatic transmission.

I have had the pleasure of spending some time in a 2011 BMW Z4 sDrive30i on a Firebird Raceway and even with 255hp and 220lb-ft of torque, the entry-level Z4 was a great deal of fun to drive. The car is light and nimble, easily being tossed into the corners at high speed but the base model 3.0L engine provided plenty of power to get your blood pumping – even breaking traction of the high performance Bridgestone tires that I was testing. Adding the new 2.0L turbocharged engine, even with less horsepower, should go a long way in making the entry-level Z4 Roadster even better thanks to the earlier power band and the hefty increase in torque.

The BMW Z4 is among the quickest affordable roadsters on the market and the remarkable handling capacities will help make this new entry-level turbocharged 4-cylinder a popular choice for those looking for more handling then all-out high performance. BMW has not offered a price thus far, but with the sDrive30i starting around $47,000 (the 300 and 335hp models start at $53,000 and $62,500), the 4-cylinder option makes this base model Z4 an even greater bargain…as luxury roadsters go.

Thursday, January 13, 2011

Bmw z4 images with informition

According to a Twitter update from the folks at Automobile, BMW will be ditching the naturally aspirated 3.0-liter inline-six in the base Z4 roadster in favor of a turbocharged four-cylinder powerplant. Big news, yes, but it doesn't come as much of a surprise since BMW has long flirted with the idea of using turbocharged four-pot mills in its base models like the Z4 sDrive30i and even the 328i.

Details are slim (curse you, 140-character limit), but Automobile states that because this new turbo four would replace the naturally aspirated six, at least 200 horsepower should be on tap. We'd expect a slightly higher output, since the current engine cranks out 255 horsepower and 220 pound-feet of torque. We certainly won't mind a turbocharged four-banger with gobs of low-end power under the hood of the Z4, and we'd expect to see this new mill show up within the next year.